Probably of foreign derivation; Lud, the name of two nations -- Lud, Lydia.
H3865. Lud
לוּדִים לוּד, proper name, masculine and of a people
1 Lud, Lydia, Assyrian Luddu: — וַאֲרָם וְלוּד אַרְמַּכְשַׁד Genesis 10:22 = 1 Chronicles 1:17 ᵐ5 Λουδ.
2 apparently a people in northeast Africa וְלוּד מּוּל תַּרְשִׁישׁ Isaiah 66:19, ᵐ5 Λουδ; וְל מָּרַס ׳וּפוּט Ezekiel 27:10; וְלוּד וּפוּט כּוּשׁ 30:5 ( + לוּב q. v.), in both ᵐ5 Λ(ο)υδοι; also plural לוּדִים a 'son' of Misraim, Genesis 10:13 ᵐ5 Λυδιειμ ("" לְהָבִים) = 1 Chronicles 1:11 (לוּדִי֯יםׅ; Jeremiah 46:9 ("" כּוּשׁ מּוּט,) see לוּב above — On this African לוּד see DiGenesis 10:13, opposed to StaJavan 5 ff. compare WMMAs.Eur.115.